The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 26, 1942, Page 3

Chapter 11 At The Station pau HUMPHRIES, dead! Mur- dered! Susan sank imto a chair slowly, a dazed look of disbelief on her face as she read the front page story. The, body. had been found lying on the-fidor" of the laboratory. Preliminary’ reports revealed Phil had been dead anywhere from three to five hours when the body was discovered by a watchman mak- ing his rounds of the building. There had been signs of a struggle, the story said. A chair had been knocked over and a large glass container smashed. Humphries’ head had been crushed by a heavy, blunted instrument. Robbery was discounted because nothing of value had _ been touched. Susan read the story through— Phil’s background, his brilliant promise in chemistry, his reputa- tion for frivolity. There were no thoughts of classes that day for her. She stared at Alice Duncan and Alice stared back, both hardly know- ing what to say. Then Susan got up and went tothe telephone. She had an odd desire to talk to Todd but when a pledge an- swered she asked for Eddie Luttrell, instead, on an impulse. If Todd didn’t already know she didn’t want to be the one to tell him. “Eddie,” she began, when he got on the line, “this is Susan. Have you—” He interrupted that she entirely overlooked “Yeah. I’ve heard,” Eddie re- plied, and she noted hoarseness in his voice. “Everyone has, and those blankety-blank police have Todd down at the station. Why, those—what do thev think he is —a murderer!” Eddie fairly shouted. Susan felt chilled. “Todd,” she echoed. “What do they want with him?” Eddie raged. “Formality! the detectives said. They just wanted to question him. Remember that night at Tony’s when Humphries first sprung the news about Todd’s father? Remember how Todd made some sort of remark about they kill snakes where he came from? Well, that remark got around, in case you don’t know it, and it finally reached the shell-pink ears of the law. So they’re questioning him.” “That’s—that’s ridiculous,” Su- san said weakly, for want of something else to say. “What do we—what are you going to do?” “Nothing. Wait'll he gets back to the house. They'll probably re- Tease him right away. It’s just that I don’t like the idea. It stinks. It’s rotten!” Just A Formality Seed Sergeant Paul Lake knocked his __ pipe against the desk and looked Todd full in the face. “Just relax, Todd. We’re just here for a talk. Routine, that’s all. A man was murdered—we think—last night. and the chief wants us to explore every angle. Unfortunately you happened to have had, well—a little difficulty with the victim and you made a certain remark.” He looked at Todd’s tightly drawn mouth. “We're not accus- ing you of anything Malone,” he said kindly, “but because the cir- cumstances are what they are we'll have to ask you what you did last night. From the time you a practice until you went to with a curse RUBBER GAME TO DECIDE CIVIL SERVICE SOFTBALL SERIES A rubber game scheduled for Wednesday afternoon will decide the softball series between the Pipefitters and Machinists, civil service employes at the Naval Operating Base here. ch has won a game. The team representing the Adminis- tration Building has issued a challenge to the winner. Other departments at the sta- tion have organized clubs. A meeting will be called and a schedule adopted so the boys 2 recreation after their lay the Pipefitters will have the following players: Higgs. c: Dutch Soehrindl iM A. Lastres, 1b; McCullough, 2b; Baker, 3b; J. Roberts ss; F. John- son, Jr. and F. Johnson, Sr., Es- cher and Adams in the outfield, with Patrick Howonitz and ‘sév- eral others as subs. The Machine Shop ten will have Jimmie Esckeler, c; Snod- grass Williams, 0; J. Villareal, 1b; G. Henriauez, 2) i rez, 3b: Ackerman, s cia. If: H. Pritchard, sf; Roberts, cf; Ben Johnson, rf, and Fatty Lopez, E. Pinder and Ever- ett, subs. A. Gutier- | | By JERRY | “BRONDFIELD Thefe was a slight sardonic smile on Todd's face now. looked at Lake and then at an- other detective who was seate:i beside him. The ten seconds of silence before he spoke seemed likeja long time. ~When he spoke his voice was fw: but distinct. “I had little use for Philip Humphries but I didn’t want him to get his skull bashed in. Also, { wasn’t the one who did it. Let’s get that across right quick. Sure, I said that we kill | snakes where I come from, but I was pretty mad the night I said that. The most I ever wished to do was hand Phil Humphries a face full of knuckles.” The detective nodded. “Sure, Todd, I know what you mean— but about last night,” he said again, firmly. “Oh, sure. I got back to the fra- ternity house at 6:30 and had dinner, I sat around for a while after dinner, then I had to go back to Johnny. Miller’s quarters —he’s our trainer, you know-- for a heat treatment on a bruised leg. That was from eight to nine. Then I walked across the campus to Main street, where I met a friend of mine. That was ‘about 9:30. I ‘walked her home and ' then went home myself.” “What time did you get there?” “Oh, about 9:45.” “You went straight home?” Todd’s eyes flashed. “I just said T left my friend and went home!” “Who was the friend?” Lake insisted. “A girl. Susan Drake. She’s a Delta Sig.” They made some notes. “You remained in the house the rest of the evening?” “Of course. !t was pretty hard by the time home.” Printed ip euss got out a white sheet of paper and an inked pad." “Todd, mind if we get some fin- ger prints?” “I suppose this is formality, too,” Todd snapped. Lake shrugged apologetically. “Mind?” Todd pressed his inked fingers onto the paper. He recoiled slightly when he saw the dark blue imprints with the myriad swirls. “What's the matter?” Lake in- quired. “Nothing,”* Todd ° said, still looking at the prints. “I—just thought of something, that’s all.” “Something we ought to know?” Lake asked Aa ely “Nothing you should know,” Todd said evenly, “but Yl tell you. This made me think of my father.” “Oh—,” Lake said. He closed his notebook. “Todd, we're hoping you'll cooperate with us. We're asking that of everyone whe knew Humphries.” Todd left the police station and boarded a street car for she campus. There was a_ brooding bitterness in his heart as he sat moodily, reflecting on the turn of events. Formality! Yes, of course. But he was no dummy, He knew that formality could be just a step removed from suspicion. And after all— He was too engrossed in his own thoughts to notice the two high school boys seated across from him. eyeing him with that unashamed worship which kids have for potential: All-America quarterbacks. Todd, raising his gaze, saw them finally. His hardened face relaxed slowly. He winked broadly at them. At any other time their wide ‘grins might have been a tonic for any frame of mind, no-matter how de- pressing, a ™ ” But not now. 1k To be continued | COLORED YOUTH TO BE TRAINED The 34 colored boys who have registered for a War Training Course at Bethume Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fia., have obtained perminsion from their parents. They are Franasco J. Rivers, Richard Hannah, Wm. Jackson, Henry Bethel Thalbert F. Allen, Dwight Thompson, Robert Saw- yer, Jr., Julian Carrero, Charles Allen, Silas Sunders, Peter Val- * iddéde FOLLOWING By PEDRO AGUILAR THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ! rod THE WEA THER. "ese cevecvoedsoecsovoevees) Observation taken at 8:30 a. m.,;Total rainfall since Jan. 1, Here’s another column on the review of baseball in Key West, the present. er the latter part of 1932. In January, 1933, on the 28th day, the Sluggers, with ‘Bou Gon-| Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a. m., inches with A. Martinez, manager, and}Total rainfall since Oct. 1, inches ay Deficiency inches zalez, Jr., as manager; the’Pirates, Key West, with Ramon Valdez at the helm, started the league season. The first game was played on January 29, the following day. The Sluggers nosed Key West, 5 to 4. Score by innings: R.-H. E. Sluggers 100 400 000—5 7 1 Key West . 000 102 0014 10 2 Bethel and Cates; Molina, Me- dina and Al. Rodriguez. In a second game that day, the Pirates also downed Key West, this time 10-4. Score by innings: Pirates oer Key West Aaah, Casa and Vidal; Rodriguez. On Feb. 5, the Pirates won an- other game by a 10-4 count, de- feating the Sluggers by~ that score in the top end of a double- header. Sluggers shutout the Rone -10 16 6 48 2 Albury and He | dating from the late 1880's until! Highest last 24 hours 84 Lowest last night In our last column, we cover-|Mean - Normal _ = OMe Jan. 1, E-W.T. ‘City Office) | inches Temperatures Deficiency inches nee Relative Humidity 80% Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise _ 7:32 a. Sunset 6:50 p. Moonrise 9:41 p. 0.29 Moonset 10:27 a. Tomorrow’s Tides (Naval Base) since H 7.16 14 == 48 18 Precipitation “since : Oct. 3 4.46 Low Tide [ a.m. 6:24 a.m. 1:08 p.m. 5:54 p.m. FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Not 'much change in temperature to- ;night; scattered showers tonight , or early Tuesday. Florida: Showers in north por- tion this afternoon, and at scat- |tered places in central and south .| portions tonight or early Tues-) .| day; north portion and slightly cooler “|in_central portion tonight. considerably cooler over} Hatteras, N. C., to: Apalachi-j cola, Fla.: No small craft or storm “warnings have been issued. THE SWAP ~- RIDE CLUB Officially Sponsored by Monroe Defense Council Thereby pledge co-operation in the patriotic “Swap-Ride To do this I will Walk, ride a bus, ride with others, share my car when driving, Club” plan to help make my car last longer. drive as little as possible. Tel Name —__ =: Adérée:. aes No. Time I go to work Time I leave work Ican share my car with = or I need transportation Iam employed at ____ — = Mail or bring to Defense Council Office Persons SSS OSSS SESS SSEOSLOSOSE SE STOO OO SSS SIOSS SS SESSA Whenever You Want Anything or Anything Done---WE’LL HELP YOU! N Key West nine 3-0 in the bot- tom portion of the twin bill. Score by innings of the first game: RH. E- Pirates 440 000 002—10 10 7 Sluggers 300 000 001— 4 8 4 Casa (2), Q. Lopez_and Grif- fin; Varela (2), L. Gonzalez and Cates. Second game: R. H. E. Key West . 000 000 000—0 5 2 Sluggers 100 000 02x—3 2 1 Pellicier and Al. Rodriguez; Bethel and Cates. On February 12, 1933, Mendoza’s raining }hoys won both games of a dou- | I got lite bill. Casa shutout Key West 4-0 in the firt and Lopez beat the Sluggers 6-5 in 12 frames in the second. Score of first: R: H. E: Key West .. 000 000 000—0 4 1 Pirates 000 040 00x—4 11 2 Pellicier (5), Sevilla and Al. Rodriguez; Second game: Sluggers— 003 001 100 000—5 10 1 R.'H. E, Pirates Bethel and Cates; Q. Lopez and Griffin. Standings Feb. 26, 1933: Pirates Sluggers Key West On Feoruary 27, Key West at last won a game, defeating the Sluggers, 9-5. Results: in the league on Wot tO =a ae —0 4 R. H. E. Key West 913 5 Sluggers - 5212-56) Sevilla and Al. Rodriguez; H. Gates and Cates, Fernandez. On March 6, Key West lost its fifth game bowing to the Pirates, 2-5, in the top end of a twin bill, and the Bucs came back in the nightcap to shutout the Sluggers, 4-0. Results of first: Key West 2g Pirates = 67h -2 M. Sanchez and Al. Rodriguez; Carbonell and Vidal. Results of second: R. H. E. 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